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Kilmarnock Sheriff Court heard the two stolen bottles of perfume were valued at £45.32 and were recovered. Coleman was caught red-handed by an off-duty police officer.

Other uniformed officers were summoned.

When Coleman was told he was going to be searched, he produced a Stanley knife with a retractable four-inch blade. He was taken to the police station, “where he stated the Stanley knife was for his own protection”.

Brian Holliman, defending, said that, following his failure to appear at court, Coleman had been arrested on a warrant on October 13.